Punxsutawney Phil - Page 2

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

Time to watch the movie again, and again, and again, and again...😄

proudlyfromNJ · ‎05-01-2010

@SilleeMee wrote:
He'll be part of the 'cancel culture' before long I suspect.

@SilleeMee Hopefully. Leave the poor animal alone. People are ridiculous sometimes.

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

To me it's just a reminder that winter is only halfway through! I can't wait for Spring!

meallen616 · ‎01-10-2013

February 2, 2009, Mayor of New York Mike Bloomberg got bit by the groundhog on the hand, trying to coax him out of his cottage on Staten Island!

Then, Mayor Bill DeBlasio in 2014 dropped him and he died later.

Leave them alone! Let them hibernate!

Groundhog, Marmota monax, closeup center holding carrot near mouth clean background

Kitty Galore · ‎03-16-2010

@proudlyfromNJ totally agree , poor thing . I always thought it was cruel holding him up like that and people screaming ! Remember the time that idiot dropped him and he died ....jerk 😠

Kitty Galore · ‎03-16-2010

@meallen616 wrote:
February 2, 2009, Mayor of New York Mike Bloomberg got bit by the groundhog on the hand, trying to coax him out of his cottage on Staten Island!
Then, Mayor Bill DeBlasio in 2014 dropped him and he died later.
Leave them alone! Let them hibernate!

@meallen616 sorry didn't see you wrote about DeBladio before I posted . That was horrible , what a jerk !

beach-mom · ‎03-09-2010

DH is from there, well, right outside of town in the country. His nephews were always happy because there was no school that day!

I'm amazed how many people show up, going by bus very, very early in the morning. The city is not big, and until recently there was no place to stay in town, except the Pantall Hotel, which I believe is still closed. Now there is a nice motel. Most of the people there we know have never been to the ceremony, including DH!

Groundhogs are cute, but mean! One lives in the library in a windowed "home" with his wife Phyllis year round. We know the current mayor well. He jokes that his office is right next to Phil and Phyllis' home and it is a lot smaller!

DH was good friends with the recently retired handler, who "wakes" Phil up and talks to him, in "groundhogese" of course, when they were in school. We used to see him from time to time, but he now lives in warmer climates. I know we will see him on TV tomorrow. He's still part of the Inner Circle.

He would point out the members of the Inner Circle he grew up with. Some are still there, but a lot of the members are younger.

So at 6 a.m. we will turn on the PCN network to watch the festivities. When our children were in school we all watched together downstairs.

Of course Phil will see his shadow; he has TV cameras on him! Whether or not he "sees" it for the forecast I personally believe is predetermined by the Inner Circle! Who knows? LOL!